DocumentCode
1320788
Title
Polarisation-insensitive widely tunable wavelength converter using a single semiconductor optical amplifier
Author
Mak, M.W.K. ; Tsang, H.K.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Volume
36
Issue
2
fYear
2000
fDate
1/20/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
152
Lastpage
153
Abstract
A polarisation-insensitive wavelength converter using four-wave mixing (FWM) in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) has been realised. The converter uses a novel polarisation-diversity scheme which requires only one SOA. Polarisation-insensitive wavelength conversion (<1 dB polarisation sensitivity) and a near constant (<3 dB variation) conversion efficiency was achieved over a range of 26 nm
Keywords
laser beam applications; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre polarisation; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; four-wave mixing; polarisation-diversity scheme; polarisation-insensitive wavelength converter; semiconductor optical amplifier; widely tunable wavelength converter;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20000167
Filename
833154
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